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Vol. 50.?No. 37.
ILLNESS BRINGS
COURT TO ABRUPT
END ON TUESDAY
Many Cases Left On
Docket To Be Tried
In August
Illness on the part of many officers,
lawyers and witnesses brought an abrupt
end to one of the heaviest criminal
dockets ever tried in Cherokee
county Superior court here th:r. week,
and Judge Zeb \. Nettles, of Ashevillc,
decided to call everything off
on Tuesday afternoon until next August.
With many cases?including, two
murder trials?still hanging on the
docket, the judge conducted a bunch
of fast trials Monday and Tuesday,
"Clearing the jail", and dismissed
court until the regular August term,
barring unforseen circumstances, of
course.
On Monday afternoon Judge Nettles
ordered continued the trial of
cases charging murder against Char
lie Frazier, 34, of Andrews, and
Charles Lunsford, 34, of Peachtree.
Frazier, a fomerr Vallcytown to\*n- .
ship constable, shot and fatally wounded
Night Policeman Khnscy Wyae, of
Andrews, the night of February 3.
Frazier, who claimed he shot in self- I
defense following a quarrel in front ,
of his house and gave himself up to J
officers soon after he had sent the fatal
shot-gun blast in Wyke's shoulder,
was charged with murder in a true
hill returned by the grand jury last 1
Friday. 1
Trial was scheduled for Tuesday
morning, but due to the illness of officers,
attornies and witnesses, the
Judge ordered the case continued.
Lunsf >rd's case, likewise, was scheduled
to ;o on trial during this second
t week of trials of criminal offenses.
Lunsford shot and killed his brother-in-law,
Lawrence Spivey, 25, of the
same community, October 30, 1938, 1
at Lunsford's home following a quarrel
between the two. Lunsford said
Spivey had used sharp words in speaking
to his (Lunsford's) sister.
Following the shooting Lunsford
gave himself up to Policeman Neil
Sneed in Murphy.
The court will continue to try the
criminal cases on the docket this week
instead of devoting the second week
of court to the trial of civil cases as is
customary.
In Monday's session Judge Nettles
ordered Bradley's Cave Dwelling located
near Andrews pad-locked for a
period of six months.
The judge issued the order after a
jury had acquitted Doc Shuler, of Gra- j
ham county, on a charge of selling liquor
at the place. George, a son of
Shuler, was given six months in the
prison camps and a suspended sen- ,
tence of 18 months as the result of
being found with liquor on his person ?
at the place during the time of the
raid.
The raid was made by Sheriff Carl
Townson, High Deputy Patton Coleman
and Patrolman E. B. Quinn, Jr.
Several girls, who were locked up
in the Murphy jail following the raid
nine weeks ago, were put o the stand
as witnesses.
Following the jury's report of "not
guilty", Judge Nettles reprimanded
them by terming their decision "a mistake"
and ordered the tourist camps
padlocked.
Edwin Hyde was the defense attorney
while Solicitor John M. Queen
prosecuted.
Oneninrr nf r^iirliPGc
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Beauty Shop Delayed
Due to an unexpected delay in
transportation, equipment for the
Duchess Beauty Shop failed to arrive
in time to he assembled for the previously
announced opening date.
Weather Vane
Listed below are maximum and
minimui. temperatures and rainfa'j
for the past week compared with
similar data for last year.
TEMPERATURES
1939 1938
6 67 37 72 4(1
7 56 32 66 43
8 49 25 75 50
8 55 33 60 37
18 71 38 46 31
11 75 52 58 29
12 68 32 64 38
RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938
Total since April 1 1.91 7.30
| Total since Jan. 1 28.45 19.221
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WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTi
Ml
2 GROUPS FILE
FOR MUNICIPAL
ELECTION MAY 2
The first ticket to file for
Murphy's municipal elections on
May 2 was certified and announced
here on Wednesday
night.
The ticket is composed of:
for mayor, J. B. Gray; for commissioners,
E. C. Moore, C. D.
Mayfield, Walter Mauney, Noah
Lovingocd, T. W. Axley, and W.
P. Odom.
Mr. Gray, local attorney, has
?prv<>d a* mayor for Murphy
since 1932. Moore, Mayfield
and Lovingood are present members
of the town board.
A second t.cket was announced
in Mtimhv't nmnirinal
lion Thursday morning.
It will be composed of: for
mayct, J. D. Mal'.onee; commissioners,
J. W. McMillan, E. 1 .
Townson, R. S. Parker, Hayes
Dockery, Frank Dickey and Marian
Simmonds.
April 22 has been set as the
closing date for filing of candidates.
Local municipal elections arc
run on the non-partisan basis
WORLD'S FAIR
GROUP VISITS
HERE THURSDAY
North Carolina's sponsors to the
1939 World's Fair in New York wete
brief visitors in Murphy Thursday
morning.
The eight young men and young
women selected by the Fair commission
were enroute from Bryson City,
where they spent Wednesday night, to
Hayesville, Franklin, Highlands, lire-1
vard and Ilendersonville. '
They were greeted at the Regal
Hotel here by a local delegation consisting
of Mayor J. B. Gray, C. W.
Savage. Miss Ida Belle Enlrckin, T. T.
Lindsey, E. O. Christopher and J. B.
Bailey.
The group is making a 2,000 milt
tour of the state to get first-hand
information for World's Fair visitors
where they will act as the state's official
hosts. They expressed then
regret at being unable to include
Hiwassee Dam in their itinerary.
Included in the group is Paul Lumber,
of Cherokee, a son-in-law of Lee
Shields, of Murphy. Miss Miriam
Johnson, of Aberdeen, is the official
hostess.
Others in the party were: Miss
Anna Jones, Nasheville; Miss Frances
Roughton, Old Fort; Miss Anna I
Williamson, Wilmington; George
Courtney, Jr., Lenoir; Voit Gilmore,
Winston-?alem; and JJ. B. Blalock, Jr.,
of Wadeshoro.
New Filling Station
To Open On Friday
Mr. Ben Palmer, of Murphy, announces
that everything is in readiness
for the opening of the new Sinclair
filling station adjoining the Henn
Theater in Murphy on Friday of this
week.
Finishing touches were being put on
the structure this week, and a complete
line of equipment for servicing
ail makes of cars and trucks was
being installed.
During the opening day, Mr. Palmer
will give a grease job with a purchase
of five gallons of gasoline.
Goodyear tires and Exide batteries
will be handled along with the regular
Sinclair products at the new station
DOG VACCINATION C
HEALTH OFFICER DE
Dr. P. M. Whichard, health officer,
will put on a campaign for the vaccination
of dog's against rabies in Cherokee
county beginning about May 1.
The following named men will conduct
this work: Henry Dills, Valleytown
Township; Lester Cole, Hot
House Township; Bass Walker, Murphy
Township; Sebe Moss, Beaverdam
Township; John Floyd, Shoal
Creek Township, and Gus Helton,
Notla Township.
In accordance with Article 15, Section
4895, North Carolina Code, it
shall be the duty of all owners of
dogs to have them vaccinated annually
against rabies. Ant it shall be the
further duty of the owner of all dogs
to properly restrain same so as to assist
the rabies inspector in administering
the vaccine.
LRN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERlNi
jrphy, N. C. Thursday, j
Senior Grad
'With Baccal
Loyd Hendrix
Named Head Of
lountv Schools
V
Loyd llendrix of Peachtree, wa:
elected superintendent of the Chcro
kee County Board of Education at i
meeting held in Murphy on Satui
day.
Mr. llendrix succeeds Mr. A. L
Martin, c f Murphy, into the office.
Mrs. (1. W. Cover, of Andrews, wa;
chosen chairman of the board at th?
meeting. The next meeting will b?
held on April 22.
Mr. llendrix, a native of Cheroke<
county, was graduated from Murph)
High School in the class of 1027, am
was graduated from Appalachiai
Teachers college, Boone, with a B. S
degree in 1931. For six years he serv
ed as princi pal of the Mt. IMeasan
High school in Wilkes county.
| Other members of the board are
I J. T. Hayes, B. M. Harbin, E. L
Shields, B. B. Palmer, E. B. King ant
Eawson Lunsford.
Lions Hold Regular
Meet Tuesday Night
Members of the Murphy Lions clut
were asked at a regular semi-monthlj
meeting here Tuesday night to meet
sponsors of North Carolina's Day a'i
World's Fair when they passet
1 through here Thursday morning am
assist them in obtaining data eon
corning the county.
Discussion of various civic project
was held, and it was agreed to vot?
on "Murphy's Outstanding Citizen'
for the past year at the meeting. Tin
duo annually Rives a trophy to the
person thus designated.
A number of Lions plan to attem
a joint meeting with the Rotary clul
in Andrews Thursday noon, and a dis
trict Lions meeting in Sylva nex
Wednesday night.
President Harve Elkins ^ res idee
over the meeting.
Little Girl Is Injured
When She Falls From
Travelling Automobile
The small daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Charlie Black, of Murphy, was ser
iously injured while travelling t
Tennessee Monday.
While passing through Clevelani
with its mother and other person
the child accidentally opened the bar
door of the car, tumbled out and su!
fered a concussion of the brain.
The child is confined in a Clevelan
hospital.
Stare Will Rp
In Marble April 15
The "Vaughn Four" of Radio Sts
tion, WNOX, Knoxville, Tenn., \vi
give a program at the Marble seho<
auditorium, Saturday night, April 1;
at 8 o'clock.
The program will be sponsored b
the Parent Teachers Association o
the Marble school.
The admission price will be 1
I and 25 cents.
AMPAIGN IS BEGUN;
SIGNATES WORKMElv
In accordance to Article 15, Sec
tion 4895, the rabies inspector shal
collect from the owner of each do|
vaccinated as provided in Sectioi
4895, si fee of not more than 50c fo
each dog. The same to be creditei
on dog tax when certificate of vac
cination is presented to sheriff o
tax collector of said County.
Section 4895 of said Article 1!
further states any person who shal
violate any of the provisions of thi
law or any provisions or any regu
lations of Quarantine establ:she<
thereunder shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and, upon conviction, there
of shall be subject to a fine of no
le.<? than $10 or more than $50, or ti
imprisonment of not less than 1<
days or more than 10 days in thi
discretion of the court.
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G A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH 1
\pril 13, 1339 J
uation Ceremi
aureate Sermi
Head of W. C. T. C. 1
To Deliver Address 1
Baccalaureate exercises at Muipli
morning at 1 1 o'clock. 11. Bueck, sn
Murphy unit, announced the complete
Graduation exercises will be held
Vpril. 21, at 7:30 p. m.
t Professor 1*. L. Elliott. head of
Garoliria Teaclie.s C.ollege. ('ullowliec
ham county, will deliver the Baccalau
Tim exerci-es will he held in the
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, New Cannery Here
I Under Construction
1 i
i Work is progressing rapidly on a .
new budding for the Mountain v'al- j
- ley Mutual cannery here,
t The new building is situated in
East, Murphy. It was moved from its c
former location near the Hiawassee
liver in Murphy when the TVA
1 | bought the property recently.
However, it is necessary that $1,- 1
.">00 be raised to insure the complete
construction of the new building and
the operation of the cannery here ?
during the coming season. j
John E. Ban, head of the Land O' j,
t the Sky Mutual association, of Waynesville,
of which the local cannery is
, a unit, announced recently that the
. Tennessee Valley Associated cooperl
atives will supplement the local $1,j
500 if raised, with ail equal sum to
assure operation of the cannery another
year.
Manager J. B. Shields and incm*
bers of the Murphy Lions cluo are
, attempting to sell preferred stock in
the cannery at $25 per share in older
to raise the money.
1 i-- > " - c
rxiriner-iiicniDers or rne tannery e
an* required to purchase a shaie of
' common stock at $5.
' "The local cannery means thous-1
amis of dollars each year in payrolls
^ and a cash market for vegetables
that cannot otherwise bo sold at a
' decent price locally", W. M. Fain,
_ local wholesalcman and chairman of 1
the board of directors of the cannery, i
said. "Thus continued operation of 1
the cannery means a great deal to i
the business men of the town. *
"The cannery has been maintained ;
here for the past five yaers, and if \
we fail to support it now, 1 am afraid 1
this enterprise will be lost Cherokee
county forever. '
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* MRS. AMBURN, 50,
k BURIED MARCH 30
AT WOLF CREEK
^ Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza_
beth Amburn, 50, of the Wolf Creek
community, were conducted from the
Wolf Creek Baptist church March .*>0
at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Fred Townson
officiating. Interment was in the
Wolf Creek cemetery. Townson funi
oral home was in charge of funeral
II arrangements.
^1 Mrs. Amburn had been a resident
j, of the Wolf Creek section for 25
years, and had been a member of the
y Baptist church for 35 years.
,f Surviving are: the husband, W. H.
Amburn, five daughters, Mrs. Floyd
5 Kaylor, of Mineral Bluff, Ga.t Stella
Naomi, Lucy and Marie; a son, Carl,
"* and two brothers, Oscar and Willie
Ballew. all of Wolf Creek.
Stanley Rogers, Age 2,
' Of Marble Is Buried
Funeral services for Stanley Rogers,
two-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Rogers, of Marble, were
S conducted at the Ebeneezer Baptist
11 church Saturday afternoon with the
* Rev. Arch Hedden officiating. Inter*
ment was in the church cemetery.
Townson Funeral Home was in charge J
r of funeral arrangements. j
Tho child died Friday morning af- '
' ter a week's illness of pneumonia.
Surviving besides the parents are.
8 the grandparetns, Mr. and Mrs. Lem
" Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Horace
1 Owenby.
GIVEN TV A CONTRACT
t H. N. Wells, of Murphy, announces
1 he has been awarded contract by TVA i
) to haul wood out of Hiwassee Dam *
b basin. Mr. Wells is hiring teams to
do this work.
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any Begins
,n Sunday
English Department
Students
y high school will he held Simdav
iperintf mlenl of the s? IuhiIs of tin
program Wednesday night.
for the 72 Senior- f iiday evening,
the English department at Western
. and a native of neighboring Crareate
sermon.
Murphy srhool auditorium.
They will open with tie- PrelumEonota
Opus 2.'t Adagio-Moza t-;.
Roberta Carringer. The hymn.
'Coronation", will be sung by the
:ongregation, and the Kev. Van Ii
Harrison, pastor <?f tin- Methodist
hivr.ch in Murphy, will lead prayer.
I'he glee club will render a number,
mnouncements will be read and tin
to v. J. Amnions, pastor of the
irst Baptist Church of Murphy, will
jive the scripture reading.
Elliott To Speak
Professor Elliott is then schcduld
to give his address, and a chorai
lumber by the Seventh Grade girls
will follow. "March of The Wai
Priests" by Mendelssohn will be the
cccssional. It will be followed gy the
lenediction given by the Rev. Dr. ii
L,. Paisley, u. I)., Presbyterian minster
oi Murphy.
Marshals, who were selected from
he Junior class on basis of scholarhip,
will be: Helen E. Hampton,
hief; Helen L. Wells, Mary Lcc Rob
rts, Blanche E. Thompson, Alice
(ate Martin, Charles G. Weil, Ben E.
Warner, Jr., J. L. Abernathy and
Wiley C. Kinney, Jr.
Guy L. Houk, prominent attorney.
;f Franklin, and former superintcn
lent of schools in Macon county, will
leliver the principal address at the
graduation day exercises.
The valedictory will be rendered by
diss Mary Frances Bell, daughter of
VIi. and Mrs. M. W. Bell, of Murphy
Vliss Violet V. Anderson, daughter of
Virs. Lydia Anderson, of the Kinsev
: ?:n i i - --?
vcwiuii, win ue .saiuiaiunan.
The exercises will open with tlie
nocessional hy Miss Carringer. The
wultatory will follow and shoral numbers
will he heard. Mr. Houk will bt
ntroduced by Mr. Bueck. After the
iddress D. J. N. Hill, chairman of the
Vlui*phy Board of Education, will present
awards and medals to outstanding
students.
The presentation of seventh grade
certificates and diplomas will be made
by H. G. Elkins, member of the local
board of Education, and Mr. H.
Bueck. The valedictory will follow.
Members of Senior Class
Members of the senior class are:
M iss Bell, Miss Anderson, Guion Joseph
Allen, Herbert Clinton Arp, Hubert
Benton Arp, Mary Cathrine Axley,
Clarence Edward Ballew, Dorthy
Lee Bandy, Wayland Vernon Bur
ger, Mary Frances Carmichael, Dorothy
Christine Carroll, Zebulon Weaver
Chastain, J. Morris Clackler, Juanita
Clayton, Edna Mae Coleman, Martha
Vermelle Collins, Grace Alice
Dockery, William I^auderdale Doug
las, Jr., Ruby Pearl El rod.
Gladys Gwendolyn Glasgow, John
Wesley Green, Marcille Lavena Hall.
Doki.. Fnln Wawhv Wilov Uo
Jr., Lillie Frances Head, June Heins,
Edna Gladys Helton, Marie Margaret
Hughes, Anna Belle Jenkins, Hoyt
Jenkins, Ricnard Leonard Johnson.
Daniel C. Kilpatrick, Bessie Mae
Laney, Geneva Ledford, Naomi
Lovelle Little, Elaine Logan.
Hazel Lovingood, Annie Jean Martin,
Katherine Louise Mauney, Lonnie
Coker May, Jr., Barbara Meroney,
Catherine Mae Moore, Manervy Belle
Morrow, Warren G. Odell, Kate Virginia
Padgett, J. D. Palmer, Mary
Emmalyn Pryor, William Harold
Ramsey, Horace Ramsey, Mary Elizabeth
Rhodes, Clarence Louis Shields,
James Randolph Shields, Claude Henry
Simonds, Lloyd George Simonds,
Nelma Lucile Simonds, Dorothy Kate
Sneed.
Agnes Imogene Stalcup, Frank
Hyatt Stalcup, Calvin Harold Stiles,
Warren Harvey Stiles, Fred Swain,
Fr., Lake William Tabor, Jewell James
Taylor, Matie Taylor, Ownell Taylor,
tuby Kate Townson, Thelma Audrey
Jnderwood, Henry Grady Usry, Jr.,
Clinton Verner, George Wayne Waier,
Jr.. James Harold Watson and
fames Everett Wells.
Seventh grade students winning
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